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In Chapter 26, Isaiah prophesies about the future redemption of Jerusalem, both from its enemies, but more importantly, from the corruption that sullied it in the past.<\/span><\/p>\n

Since Solomon built the temple centuries earlier, it had been a site of pilgrimage during the annual festivals. But this had been the privilege of the elite, who ignored their obligation to include the needy in their festival celebrations (Deuteronomy 16:14).<\/span><\/p>\n

However, after the impending destruction of Jerusalem, a new social structure will take form:<\/span><\/p>\n

For He has brought low those who dwelt high up,<\/span>
\n<\/span>Has humbled the secure city,<\/span>
\n<\/span>Humbled it to the ground,<\/span>
\n<\/span>Leveled it with the dust –<\/span>
\n<\/span>To be trampled underfoot,<\/span>
\n<\/span>By the feet of the needy,<\/span>
\n<\/span>By the soles of the poor. (Isaiah 26:5-6)<\/span><\/p>\n

We can learn something interesting from look at the Hebrew words for \u201cfeet\u201d and \u201csoles\u201d in that verse. <\/span>Regel<\/span><\/em> is the Hebrew word for foot, and the synonym, translated as \u201csole\u201d is <\/span>pa\u2019am<\/span><\/em>. In addition to their meanings as words for feet, both words also refer to the yearly festivals in the Torah. For example, in Exodus, we find:<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThree times a year you shall hold a festival for Me\u201d (23:14)<\/span>
\n<\/span>\u201cThree times a year all your males shall appear before the Sovereign, the LORD.\u201d (23:17).<\/span><\/p>\n

While in the English translation both verses have the word \u201ctimes,\u201d in the Hebrew verse 14 has the word <\/span>regel<\/span><\/em>, and verse 17 uses <\/span>pa\u2019am<\/span><\/em>. So Isaiah played with the double meaning of <\/span>regel<\/em> <\/span>and <\/span>pa\u2019am<\/em> <\/span>to refer to the feet of the needy and to hint to the yearly festivals.<\/span><\/p>\n

But why do these two words mean both \u201cfoot\u201d and \u201cfestival\u201d? Well, they actually went through a number of transitions. They each first meant \u201cfoot,\u201d then \u201cstep,\u201d then \u201cpace,\u201d then \u201ctime\u201d \u2013 and then the \u201cthree times a year\u201d became associated with the three yearly pilgrimages to Jerusalem.<\/span><\/p>\n

As often happens in Hebrew, when two words initially have the same connotations, over time they diverge and develop distinct meanings. <\/span>Regel<\/em> <\/span>still means \u201cfoot\u201d and also \u201cleg.\u201d Some related words are <\/span>meragel<\/span><\/em> \u2013 spy, because spies walk about on foot, and <\/span>ragil<\/span><\/em> \u2013 common or customary, which developed from the meaning \u201cto go on foot\u201d to \u201cgo about frequently.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, however, <\/span>pa\u2019am<\/em> <\/span>only carries the meaning of \u201ctime, occasion.\u201d\u00a0 Some scholars say that even before pa’am<\/em> meant \u201cfoot\u201d or \u201cstep,\u201d it meant \u201cto strike, to beat.\u201d This sense is preserved in the words \u201c<\/span>pa\u2019amon<\/span><\/em>\u201d \u2013 bell, and \u201c<\/span>pe\u2019imot<\/span><\/em>\u201d \u2013 heartbeats.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":66276,"id":66276,"title":"is26-feet","filename":"is26-feet.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is26-feet.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-regel-ar-festivals\/is26-feet\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"is26-feet","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":66275,"date":"2019-11-27 14:36:45","modified":"2019-11-27 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